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Benefactors' board (extension) on N. wall of Slype
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Added pointed upper panel, simpler frame; first gift from Mrs Mable Ord; first dated gift from John Turner by deed dated 1780.
A
LIST of
BENEFACTIONS
which have been
left to the Poor of the
Pariſh of HEXHAM, and
Which are now paid.
For particulars vid.
RITSCHELL's Book of Charities.
MRS MABLE ORD, WIDOW, did give
£100 to the Poor of HEXHAM.
By a Deed dated 30th March 1780 & inrol-
-led in Chancery, JOHN TURNER charged a
Cloſe in Hencoats Fields adjoining PEG
SPARK's Barn, with 20s Pr Ann, payable
21ſt Decr for the Uſe of the Poor, this being
A CONFIRMATION of a former CHARGE.
Words in capitals have a larger initial letter.
c1780
These charities are listed in the County History: 1634 Mabel Ord. 1764 Robert Andrews. 1709 Mary Allgood. 1712 Dorothy Allgood. 1717 George Ritschell [p.171]. 1680 Ursula Mountney. 1715 Joseph Bell. [History of Northumberland, Vol III i, 1896, p.176]
1823: “The screen of the side aisles [leading to chancel] consists … of tables which contain a list of benefactions to the poor.” [Wright, p.68]
Possibly on north wall of vestry annex for a time between 1870 and 1907.
1920: Abbey Encounters. Mr. Wastle from Whickham in Tyne and Wear came in to enquire if what he had worked on in 1920 was still in place. His vivid description of lettering, gold on a black background, in old-fashioned script […] the Charity Boards in the Slype […] they list in meticulous detail past benefactions ‘to the poor of the parish of Hexham’. […] Dear “All” of the Hexham Abbey, I want to thank you for sending a letter, to let me know about the writing on gold on the board that I was working on so many years ago. As I think I told you I am 82 years old, and I worked on churches all over, doing Altars in colours, with both gold and silver leaf, and some took a long time to do but gave pleasure to people, like the day I spent at Hexham Abbey, that Friday a week or two ago. [Abbey Chronicle, Nov. 1993, p.4]
1975: “Benefaction notices: Two on column in N Choir Aisle” [EP 184/275 Inventory 1965–75]
1989: The P.C.C. approved a recommendation from the Museum Committee that the Charity Boards be placed in the Slype and thanked the members for their work. [Abbey Chronicle, May, 1989, p.2. – PCC News]
Matters raised were repair of charity boards and their fixing. [Property Cttee Minutes, 31.7.1989]
1990: Architect agreed to the charity boards being placed in the west end of the slype. [Letter 9.5.1990]
16 July 1990: “Charity boards fixed in Slype.” [Churchwardens Record HEXAB9535 p66]
NB: see more details of charitable donations by clicking the URL link.
H 1440 | W 1450
South Transept/Slype
CND: S1
See also URL: www.hexhamabbey.org.uk

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Benefactors' board on N. wall of Slype
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Rectangular board with moulded bolection frame, painted dark/black with gilt lettering and frame fillet, resting on wall batten also painted black. Earliest Donor Robert Andrews; earliest dated gift from Mrs Mary Allgood and Mrs Doroty Allgood (1709 & 1712).
ROBERT ANDREWS ESQR of HEXHAM,
gave by will, Fifty Shillings a year, to
the poor of the Parish of HEXHAM, which
is paid out of a Cloſe in the Town-fields situ-
-ate near the MAIDEN CROSS.
An allotment of Common, near Summer-
-rods, adjoining the Turnpike-road, conſist-
-ing nearly of TWO ACRES.
MRS MARY ALLGOOD & MRS DOROTY ALLGOOD,
Daughters of THOS ALLGOOD of HEXHAM Gent,
did in 1709 & 1712 give to the Poor of the Town,
of HEXHAM each £40, the Interest thereof to
be Yearly diſtributed AMONG THEM.
THE REVD GEO. RITSCHELL, Lecturer of
HEXHAM, left by Will Forty Shillings a Year to
the MERCER's Lecturer of HEXHAM, to be distribu
-ted by him to Forty poor Widows within the
said TOWNSHIP.
MRS URSULA MOUNTNEY, of STONECROFT,
by Will bequeathed to the Poor of the Pariſh
of HEXHAM £3, to be distributed every YEAR
at CHRISTMASS.
JOSEPH BELL of HEXHAM, TANNER by Will
bequeathed £100 to the Poor of the ſaid TOWN
the Interest of it to be distributed on the 19
of MARCH YEARLY.
Words in capitals have a larger initial letter.
early 18th cent
These charities are listed in the County History: 1634 Mabel Ord. 1764 Robert Andrews. 1709 Mary Allgood. 1712 Dorothy Allgood. 1717 George Ritschell [ p.171 ]. 1680 Ursula Mountney. 1715 Joseph Bell. [History of Northumberland, Vol III i, 1896, p.176]. See HEXAB9347 for latest paperwork.
1823: “The screen of the side aisles [leading to chancel] consists … of tables which contain a list of benefactions to the poor.” [Wright, p.68]
Possibly on north wall of vestry annex for a time between 1870 and 1907.
1920: Abbey Encounters. Mr. Wastle from Whickham in Tyne and Wear came in to enquire if what he had worked on in 1920 was still in place. His vivid description of lettering, gold on a black background, in old-fashioned script […] the Charity Boards in the Slype […] they list in meticulous detail past benefactions ‘to the poor of the parish of Hexham’. […] Dear “All” of the Hexham Abbey, I want to thank you for sending a letter, to let me know about the writing on gold on the board that I was working on so many years ago. As I think I told you I am 82 years old, and I worked on churches all over, doing Altars in colours, with both gold and silver leaf, and some took a long time to do but gave pleasure to people, like the day I spent at Hexham Abbey, that Friday a week or two ago. [Abbey Chronicle, Nov. 1993, p.4]
1975: “Benefaction notices: Two on column in N Choir Aisle” [EP 184/275 Inventory 1965–75]
1989: The P.C.C. approved a recommendation from the Museum Committee that the Charity Boards be placed in the Slype and thanked the members for their work. [Abbey Chronicle, May, 1989, p.2. – PCC News]
Matters raised were repair of charity boards and their fixing. [Property Cttee Minutes, 31.7.1989]
1990: Architect agreed to the charity boards being placed in the west end of the slype. [Letter 9.5.1990]
16 July 1990: “Charity boards fixed in Slype.” [Churchwardens Record HEXAB9535 p66]
NB: see more details of charitable donations by clicking the URL link.
H 2100 | W 1450
South Transept/Slype
CND: S1
See also URL: www.hexhamabbey.org.uk



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